… OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is backing Merge Labs, with “the long-term mission of bridging biological and artificial intelligence.” Meta’s superintelligence group claims that its TRIBE v2 model “acts as a digital twin of human neural activity.” An organization called Unconventional AI is creating a grant… …
… Just a few days after the White House event, three Democratic senators sent letters to a number of AI companies and data center developers, including xAI, OpenAI, and Meta, expressing concern about specific large-scale data center projects and their potential impact on the environment and the clima… …
… In 2017, Canadian researchers raised alarm when they used $100,000 worth of mail-order DNA to reconstitute the extinct horsepox virus. Critics said the same methodology could be used to construct smallpox, a closely related and deadly virus. …
… Public advocacy groups disagree that funding alone is sufficient. “I am among the many people who are glad to see how many philanthropic resources the OpenAI foundation has at its disposal to do good work,” says Nathan Calvin, VP of state affairs for the AI safety nonprofit Encode, which filed an a… …
… Ineffable Intelligence has so far raised $1.1 billion in seed funding at a valuation of $5.1 billion—an enormous sum by European AI standards. Silver has also recruited top AI researchers from Google DeepMind and other frontier labs to join his endeavor. …
… OpenAI’s Rebuttal William Savitt, an attorney for OpenAI, told jurors that OpenAI never promised Musk that it would remain a nonprofit and publish all its code. “The evidence here will show what Musk says happened did not happen,” Savitt said. …
… The startup has formed partnerships with Eli Lilly and Novartis to work together on AI drug discovery and is also advancing its own “broad and exciting pipeline of new medicines” in oncology and immunology, Jaderberg said. “The exciting thing about the molecules that we're designing is because we h… …
… We have always valued constructive dialogue with employees and we’ll remain focused on creating a positive and successful workplace.” The company has previously defended its deals with government organizations. “We are proud to be part of a broad consortium of leading AI labs and technology and clo… …
CEO and founder Gary Chen, who has worked on wearable devices for companies like Oppo, OnePlus, and HTC, says his company’s glasses are focused on travelers, with AI features that act like a tour guide and talk about all the paintings in famous museums. “Basically, you can say, ‘Hey, Goya, what is … …
… The startup has so far raised $4 million in seed funding from Google’s Jeff Dean, Wojciech Zaremba of OpenAI, and others. Andere believes that his company’s AI-led approach has the potential to challenge Nvidia’s dominance. …